Economists Vote for Democrats
May 16th, 2011
Those who perceive economists as being clear-eyed Sowellian realists, the benchmarks of “objective” (or objectivist) rationality, should — to be consistent with their own beliefs and admonitions — probably pay more attention to economists’ political choices, as revealed here in a survey of economists:
The “liberalism” score here refers to what libertarians like to call “classical liberalism” — the “small government good” belief system. In modern usage, it means “libertarianism.” Not surprisingly, libertarians score high on this measure of libertarianism.
Wow. 299 college professors mostly vote “D”? Amazing. Step outside the ivory tower, grab a larger data set, and a much different story emerges:
http://stevebroback.com/2011/formal-economic-educational-attainment-and-political-affilitation/
Read over Mr. Broback’s counter post. The more Kool-aide one drinks, the more one comes to believe it is good for one, I suppose.
I agree, this post really needs to specify that only college professors were polled.